Managing Agricultural Production Risk : Innovations in Developing Countries

World Bank

Managing Agricultural Production Risk : Innovations in Developing Countries

2005

World Bank

This document presents innovations in agricultural risk management for natural disaster risk, with the focus on defining practical roles for governments of developing countries and the World Bank in developing risk management strategies. The paper includes the following content: introduction; risk and risk management in agriculture, including informal and formal mechanisms; approaches to agricultural risk in developed countries; innovation in managing production risk - index insurance; new approaches to agricultural risk management in developing countries; from theory to practice: pilot projects for agricultural risk transfer in developing countries; and potential roles for governments and the World Bank.

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agricultural commodities agricultural development agricultural insurance agricultural production assurance credit crop diversification crop insurance debt disasters drinking water drought economics employment extreme poverty farmers farming systems financial institutions food security government intervention income insurance liquid assets microfinance productivity profitability risk risk management risk transfer rural areas rural development rural poor savings transaction costs underwriting

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Editorial

Washington, DC

Otras materias

Investigations; Poor; Agricultural policy; Asymmetric information; Reinsurance markets; Income gains; Insurance companies; Indemnity; Financial markets; Rural; International finance; Smallholder agriculture; Technical assistance; Poor rural households; Financial risk; Borrowing; Crop yields; Food policy; Reinsurance agreement; Capital markets; Global markets; Moral hazard; Coverage; Commercial bank; Insurance policies; International financial institutions; Rates; Commercial farmers; Poor people; Subsidiary; Transfer programs; Portfolios; Rural growth; Poor farmers; Rural households; Risk management policies; Transparency; Programs; Rural sector; Risk sharing; Food markets; Insurance contracts; Insurance products; Insurance premiums; General insurance; Safety nets; Adverse selection; Crop income; Insurance risk; Basis risk; Reinsurance; Price risk; Safety net programs; Lack of infrastructure; Reinsurers; Financial services; Arid tropics; Market risk; Insurance markets; Poor households

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